VICTOR’S POV
I was in the kitchen, rummaging through the fridge for a blood bag, trying to ignore the dull throb in my chest. Things had been tense since the mission… and even tenser since that talk with Megan. I had accepted that things were complicated. But I hadn’t expected him to be around so much…so close.
Just as I pierced the bag and started sipping, Sebastian’s voice boomed through the house like a thunderclap.
“The curse is lifted!”
I turned sharply to see him running toward Megan, his eyes glowing a brilliant orange. Without hesitation, he scooped her up and spun her in a tight circle, both of them laughing like they were in some kind of fairytale ending. She clung to him, face glowing, completely caught up in his excitement.
And I was frozen.
Before I could even process wh
